Friends and Fortune: A Moral TaleD. Appleton & Company, 1849 - 240 pages |
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... dear , the whole front must come off at once , suddenly woke up to life , -unbarred its churlish portals , and drew up its jealous blinds , to admit as much of air and sunshine as a London atmosphere had to bestow . Long had this house ...
... dear , the whole front must come off at once , suddenly woke up to life , -unbarred its churlish portals , and drew up its jealous blinds , to admit as much of air and sunshine as a London atmosphere had to bestow . Long had this house ...
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... dear ? " said she : Miss Armadale handed her the letters . " No news , dear Martin : the world is not yet grown honest . Nothing but the old story . One devoted friend de- claring that since my departure she can hardly look any one in ...
... dear ? " said she : Miss Armadale handed her the letters . " No news , dear Martin : the world is not yet grown honest . Nothing but the old story . One devoted friend de- claring that since my departure she can hardly look any one in ...
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... dear , you shall have it . " " But I don't promise to follow it . " " I am perfectly aware of that , my dear . " There was another pause . " What do you think of that invitation , Martin ? " said Miss Armadale , sipping her coffee , but ...
... dear , you shall have it . " " But I don't promise to follow it . " " I am perfectly aware of that , my dear . " There was another pause . " What do you think of that invitation , Martin ? " said Miss Armadale , sipping her coffee , but ...
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... dear . " " Don't be satirical , Miss Martin : never was even that much - put - upon Telemachus blessed with a more aggravating Mentor . Tell me , shall I go ? " " You have only to please yourself , my dear . " " That is what you always ...
... dear . " " Don't be satirical , Miss Martin : never was even that much - put - upon Telemachus blessed with a more aggravating Mentor . Tell me , shall I go ? " " You have only to please yourself , my dear . " " That is what you always ...
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... dear , I thought so , all along . " " Take your pen , Martin , if you please , and write a po- lite note to Mrs. Crawford , and sign yourself Margaret Armadale . ' 299 " With great pleasure , my dear . " 66 Stop a minute : hear all your ...
... dear , I thought so , all along . " " Take your pen , Martin , if you please , and write a po- lite note to Mrs. Crawford , and sign yourself Margaret Armadale . ' 299 " With great pleasure , my dear . " 66 Stop a minute : hear all your ...
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Page 39 - O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.
Page 40 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill ; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Page 39 - Our revels now are ended... These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air, And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind: we are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep..